Alberto Vega was in the right place, at the right time and with the right equipment. When water and power shut off during the chaos of Tuesday's explosions, he saw a chance to help, not realizing that he'd be a first witness to this tragedy.
"It looked like fireballs coming down to the ground," he said. "Next thing you know, a fire popping up here, a fire popping up there."
"It happened so fast, the flames were just... it seemed like they were nine, 10 feet tall," he said.
"There's no time to really waste," he said. "I felt that it was the right place, at the right time. I did what I could."
"As crazy as it sounds, with the explosions going off and whatnot, I know that I heard yelling," he said. "Just not being able to see people, not being able to get to them, that's where it weighs on me."
Among the seven people missing are three brothers whose family identified as 18-year-old Jesus Ramos, 22-year-old Johnny Ramos and 28-year-old Junior Melendez. A fourth person was identified by family as Carlos Rodriguez. The other three people remain unidentified. Law enforcement officials have not confirmed the identities of the seven people.
"It made my stomach sink to the bottom of my feet," he said. "I know that somebody who is going through a situation like that and screams at the top of their lungs, you're going to hear it."
"There's somebody's pride and joy in there, somebody's relatives in there, husband in there," he said.
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